A case of "Tables being turned" as an Australian woman, Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, 23, is set
for jail for scamming a group of con
artists from Nigeria to the tune of $30,000.
A woman described by a judge as
having a 'dishonest bent' stole more than £22,000 from a gang of
Nigerian scam artists who had set up a dodgy internet car sales
business.
Australian Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey admitted one count of aggravated fraud at Brisbane District Court today.
The court heard how she spent money the Nigerians deposited in an Australian bank account opened as part of their racket.
Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey stole more than
£22,000 from a gang of Nigerian scam artists who had set up a dodgy
internet car sales business
The
group employed her as an 'agent' in March 2010 and asked her to open
the account so they could siphon off the cash they received through
their dodgy account on a popular car sales website, The Courier Mail
said.
Brisbane District Court heard that
under the deal, she was allowed to keep eight per cent of all the money
paid into it and she was supposed to forward the rest to the Nigerians.
But,
she pocketed the two payments she received which were worth $33,350
Australian dollars, spending the majority of it on herself.
The court heard the 23-year-old was not aware they were scamming customers when she stole the cash.
The real victims who thought they
were buying cars online reported the scam to the police, who traced the account
back to Cochrane-Ramsey. She was
ordered to appear in Brisbane District Court and plead guilty to one count of
aggravated fraud.
The scam eventually unravelled when people buying cars realised they were being ripped off and called the police.
Police discovered that the group ran their car sales 'business' using a New York web server but were based in Nigeria.
Officers
then traced the account to Cochrane-Ramsay who the court heard had a
history of stealing and property offences, the newspaper said.
She will be sentenced next month.
Apparently, after this development scamming wouldn't be limited to a "Nigerian thing" only.
The hunter becomes hunted Good riddance to bad rubbish
ReplyDeletethe Nigerian Scammer never owned the money in the first place.
ReplyDeleteSo she didnt really scam the Nigerians afterall. Hurts bad man. Hurts bad
ReplyDeleteWhile she is in custody, no Nigerian is. How did the police know the business wouldn't turn out to be legit? Admittedly, there are con men in Nigeria as in other countries ( for example, Australia), one shouldn't lose sight of the fact that there are a greater number of real businessmen in Nigeria. The uproar from the customers might have arisen from the the fraudulent Aussie. And so, until you finish your investigation, stop calling Nigeria a bad name. Be warned!
ReplyDelete"Officers then traced the account to Cochrane-Ramsay who the court heard had a history of stealing and property offences, the newspaper said."
ReplyDeleteBirds of a feather...